11.   But Iraq now seems to want, more than anything, to have some form of schedule or assurance that U.N. weapons inspections within its borders will end soon.

12.   But this does not guarantee that Saddam will not provoke Washington again over weapons inspections if he concludes that the Americans are isolated.

13.   Butler arrived in Baghdad yesterday to try to convince the Iraqis to drop restrictions on weapons inspections.

14.   Clinton and Annan also discuss U.S. plans for aggressive enforcement of weapons inspections across Iraq.

15.   Clinton spoke with Netanyahu Tuesday night about the agreement and the US confrontation with Iraq over weapons inspections.

16.   Cohen, for his part, said the raids appeared to have done little to force Hussein to comply once again with the weapons inspection.

17.   Clinton also used his address to pointedly warn President Saddam Hussein that Iraq would face punitive military action unless he immediately allows resumption of unfettered U.N. weapons inspections.

18.   Crude oil rose amid expectations that a dispute over United Nations weapons inspections in Iraq could lead to a military confrontation that would disrupt Mideast oil supplies.

19.   Crude oil rose on speculation that a dispute between the United Nations and Iraq over weapons inspections could lead to military action and disrupt Middle East oil exports.

20.   Crude oil futures rose as heightened tensions between Iraq and the United Nations over weapons inspections threatened to disrupt U.N.-controlled oil exports.